Re: Any word on McClain?

[John T. Hall]

Not sure if this played into it, but McGhee was already a sophomore, not a 
freshman. He lost his first year to Prop. 48. So he was able to play one 
year at Juco for free, in the sense that it didn't cost him any D-I 
eligibilty. Land would have lost a year.

                                        John in SD

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007, dfairchild wrote:

> While the door was not closed when Aaron McGhee left, I think it is very,
> very rare that a player returns after being asked to leave.
>
> I've always thought that the wrong decision was to run off McGhee and not
> Eugene Land.  Without 20/20 hindsight, I thought they had similar size and
> games, but McGhee was able to get more playing time as a freshman than Land
> did.  Further, he seemed to have a deeper intensity when he played than
> Land.  I really liked McGhee as a player and thought he would develop well
> as a player.  With 20/20 hindsight, given Land's career vs. McGhee, it is
> clear which one should have been kept.
>
> I asked Mike DeCoursy about this decision. He said that the Huggins kept
> Land because he was a local player.  DeCoursy felt that if he ran of Land,
> it would set back his relationships with area coaches, supporters, and
> players.
>
> Go Cats!
> DF